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View Poll Results: Which city?
New York City 2 4.35%
Los Angeles 6 13.04%
Chicago 2 4.35%
Detroit 1 2.17%
Miami 0 0%
San Francisco 1 2.17%
Las Vegas 0 0%
Philadelphia 5 10.87%
Atlanta 5 10.87%
Houston 3 6.52%
Honolulu 0 0%
San Diego 0 0%
Seattle 3 6.52%
Boston 0 0%
Phoenix 2 4.35%
Dallas 0 0%
Oklahoma City 0 0%
New Orleans 6 13.04%
Austin 2 4.35%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk 0 0%
Washington DC 0 0%
Minneapolis 6 13.04%
Other-Please Elaborate 2 4.35%
Voters: 46. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-29-2012, 08:48 AM
 
Location: now nyc
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American city.

Please explain why and/or your experiences

And which city would you say is the least likely place for a stranger to start a conversation with you?

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Old 07-29-2012, 08:58 AM
 
Location: Chicago(Northside)
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Los angeles, i know its hard to believe but a stranger will just come up to you and say something like i think i know you from somewhere were you the fashion designer for (name of celebrity). Then of course you will either say yes or no (ussaly yes) then they will be like lets hang out or come on lets go to the grove.

p.s. Almost everybody in LA knows a celebrity because there their agent or there their fashion designer or they just know them some how.
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Old 07-29-2012, 09:42 AM
 
Location: London, U.K.
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LA has been one of the easier places. Really easy talking to someone at a bar and then starting a conversation but at the same time if they're not into it then they politely get the point across.

Worst is Seattle. I recommended something on a menu to someone that couldn't decide what they wanted and they had the craziest stare towards me like I did something wrong. This series continued almost everywhere I went, very few people were extroverts. It's really a city full of loaners and I don't care if I'm generalizing. Socializing there sucks.
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Old 07-29-2012, 09:48 AM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Atlanta for me. I loved the nightlife there, I didn't have to break any ice at all. People in restaurants were very openly social and gracious. One of the waitresses even pulled up a chair to chat with me (at the Flying Biscuit). I had fun there, I was there by myself but pretty much had company the whole time it seemed like.
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Old 07-29-2012, 10:19 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Seattle is where strangers struck up conversations the most by far. It happen to me time after time. On the ferry, the bus, arestaurant, a coffee shop, especially the one at 23rd & Jackson. I remember one 4th of July I was walking to the fireworks showat Mrytle Edwards Park and was approached by two very attractive ladies. We chatted for a few minutes. Then they invited me to their friends dt condo on the top floor to watch the fireworks. It was so cool. Cool people with all the food and drink with the perfect view. I know I'm handsome and all but gee!
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Old 07-29-2012, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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New Orleans. It's kind of the industry.
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Old 07-29-2012, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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Minneapolis, haven't you ever heard of Minnesota Nice?
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Old 07-29-2012, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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New York, whether it's asking directions or asking you to move.
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Old 07-29-2012, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia. Literally happens every day to me.
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Old 07-30-2012, 03:07 AM
 
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Why the hell does every one of these polls exclude Baltimore? Doesn't matter what the poll is about, you will not find Baltimore as an option. Get with it people.
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